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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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The Diversity Paradox.
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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a year ago
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
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TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Wrong Side of...
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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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...
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Classical Wisdom
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
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For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
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TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Classical Wisdom
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Plutarch and Pleasure
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Stock vs flow approach.
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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...
2 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.
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Hundred Rabbits
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.
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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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...
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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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...
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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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,...
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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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...
a year ago
“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...
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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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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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....
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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