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Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 months ago
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a year ago
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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3 weeks ago
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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4 months ago
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
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...
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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...
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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4 months ago
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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10 months ago
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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a year ago
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 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
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year 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
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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3 weeks ago
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
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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11 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...
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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7 months ago
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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10 months ago
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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6 months ago
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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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
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Flashbak
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...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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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...
6 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...
TheCollector
Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
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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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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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...
9 months ago
“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 …...
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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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...
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Plato and Atlantis
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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