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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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4 months ago
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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8 months ago
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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7 months ago
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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9 months ago
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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
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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2 months ago
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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3 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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9 months ago
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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a month 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.
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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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
TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
2 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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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...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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History Today Feed
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
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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7 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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a month ago
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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a year ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
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
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
Hundred Rabbits
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...
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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2 weeks 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
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
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