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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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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...
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
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a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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On cartography as historical argument
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Democracy
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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j.hoare
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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The Life of Plato
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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Classics Gifts!
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Philosopher Kings
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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A History of the United States Senate
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
Classical Wisdom
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The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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What Is Solipsism?
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 months ago
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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3 months ago
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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7 months ago
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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4 months ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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3 months ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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3 months ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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a year ago
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
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
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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