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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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The Two Big Games
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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African History...
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
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Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
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a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Dreams of Space -...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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In their own...
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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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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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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History Today Feed
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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African History...
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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Classical Wisdom
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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9 months ago
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
3 weeks ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Who Was George Hodel?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
3 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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a month 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...
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
2 weeks ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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TheCollector
Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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8 months ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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7 months ago
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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10 months ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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10 months ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
4 days ago
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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a year ago
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
Flashbak
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...
9 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...
TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 months ago
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
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...
9 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...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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