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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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The Early Years of Jesus
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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,...
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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
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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TheCollector
Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
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TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 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 December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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6 months ago
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
4 days ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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2 months ago
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.
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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9 months ago
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