TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Why Socrates Matters
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
2 weeks ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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History Today Feed
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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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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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...
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
a year ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
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a month ago
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
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j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
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2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
10 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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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...
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
3 weeks ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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