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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Summary of changes for April 2023
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Service to what nation?
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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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...
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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...
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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Overcoming Bias
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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Important Notice
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Does poverty cause violent crime?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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weird medieval guys
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Flashbak
Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
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TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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...
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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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...
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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
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Last Chance!
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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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
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
Classical Wisdom
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Olympics Special
5 months ago
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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:...
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
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...
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
a week ago
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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11 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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5 months ago
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
3 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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