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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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And how does it reflect on us?
Global Inequality...
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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...
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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
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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How to Give a Speech
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
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TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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weird medieval guys
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
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There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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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.
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
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... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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