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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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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...
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Power of Persuasion
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Classical Wisdom
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Lives of Exiles
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
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JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
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JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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