TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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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.
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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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
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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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
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
7 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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3 days ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 days ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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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
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
3 days ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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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.
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
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This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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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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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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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...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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