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When Was the First Crusade?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
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We'd also heard that the school...
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Stock vs flow approach.
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
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Dr Alun Withey
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over a year ago
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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What Is Voguing?
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Not that much, actually.
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Women of Ancient Rome
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9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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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...
7 months ago
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
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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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...
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 days ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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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 …...
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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TheCollector
8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
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.
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
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