TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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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
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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...
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 days ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 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
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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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...
5 days 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...
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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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
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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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...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Monsters of Mythology
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Ancient Anxiety
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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What Is an Antipope?
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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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...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
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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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 months ago
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
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...
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