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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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US President or American Caesar?
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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/
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I...
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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9 months ago
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
2 weeks ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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4 months ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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...
10 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
How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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a week ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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7 months 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...
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
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
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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3 days ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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a year ago
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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3 months ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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7 months ago
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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a year ago
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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2 months 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 Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 months ago
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