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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Patterns in Humanity
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Who Was Julian?
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Flashbak
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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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Hundred Rabbits
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Flashbak
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TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Classical Wisdom
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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