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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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And the Palace where it was found...
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And don't say a word about Europe.
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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No Women Allowed?
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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Bertha Czegka: Skiing Bunnies And Other Satire
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Biography Bertha Czegka (July 30, 1880 – November 4, 1954) was a member of the “Association of Visual Artists” in her native Austria. In the interwar period, the painter worked as an illustrator on children’s books. One highlight among her later works is a poster she created in...
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 Ukrainian Virtual Museums to Visit From the Comfort of Your Home
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Summary of changes for November
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Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
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4 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Service to what nation?
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Changing Seasons
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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The three German fears
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Tears of Strangers are only water
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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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”...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
11 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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The History of Left-Handedness: Why Is This a Bias?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
12 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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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...
2 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
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Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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a month ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
8 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
a month ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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3 weeks ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
12 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
2 months ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
a year ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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a month ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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4 months ago
African History...
The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously...
4 days ago
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
7 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
3 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
6 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
a year ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Britain's sinking reputation
The Anglo diaspora is horrified by the old country
3 days ago
The Anglo diaspora is horrified by the old country
TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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...
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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a month ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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a month ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year 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...
a year 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
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Communism in Vietnam: From the 1920s to Today
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TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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3 weeks ago
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 months 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...
11 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...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
2 days ago
Trump as a tool of history
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
3 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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a year ago
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
8 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
3 weeks ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
4 weeks ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
3 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism