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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Does what goes around come around?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Beware Value Dashboards
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
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This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
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
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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4 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
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