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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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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...
3 weeks ago
“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 Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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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...
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
2 weeks ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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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
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
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?
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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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...
7 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...
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
7 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Flashbak
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
a week ago
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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...
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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TheCollector
10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
2 months ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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
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
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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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
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Hades
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
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In politics, well, it depends.
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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Secrets of the Sibyls
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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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?
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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The Electoral College Explained
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Who Was Averroes?
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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