TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
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
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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yesterday
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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2 weeks ago
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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a month ago
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6 Must-See English Castles
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TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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3 months ago
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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a month ago
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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a year ago
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...
3 days ago
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...
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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4 months ago
Flashbak
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...
5 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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a year ago
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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a year ago
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a week ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Sophocles' Swansong
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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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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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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JamesHoare
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Ancient Olympics
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Death of the King of Siam
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JamesHoare
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Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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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...
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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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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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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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