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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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10 months ago
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
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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...
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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9 months ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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a month ago
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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a year ago
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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10 months ago
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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8 months ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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9 months ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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3 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
3 weeks ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
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